Английская Википедия:HMS Sealion (72S)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Sealion was a second-batch S-class submarine built during the 1930s for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1934, the boat fought in the Second World War.
Design and description
The second batch of S-class submarines were designed as slightly improved and enlarged versions of the earlier boats of the class and were intended to operate in the North and Baltic Seas.[1] The submarines had a length of Шаблон:Convert overall, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a mean draught of Шаблон:Convert. They displaced Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert submerged.[2] The S-class submarines had a crew of 40 officers and ratings. They had a diving depth of Шаблон:Convert.[3]
For surface running, the boats were powered by two Шаблон:Convert diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Шаблон:Convert electric motor. They could reach Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert underwater.[4] On the surface, the second-batch boats had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert submerged.[3]
The S-class boats were armed with six [[British 21 inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert]] torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried six reload torpedoes for a total of a dozen torpedoes. They were also armed with a 3-inch (76 mm) deck gun.[2]
Construction and career
Ordered on 23 December 1932, Sealion was laid down on 16 May 1933 in Cammell Laird's shipyard in Birkenhead and was launched on 16 March 1934. The boat was completed on 21 December.[5]
She had an eventful career after the outbreak of war. Under the command of Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) Benjamin Bryant, she attacked the Шаблон:GS off the Dogger Bank in November 1939, but failed to sink her. Her first success was the German merchant Шаблон:SS, sunk in April 1940 off the Danish island of Anholt. She later attacked the German merchant Moltkefels, but failed to hit her. She fired upon the beached Palime, and unsuccessfully attacked Шаблон:GS in July 1940. She finished her patrol by sinking the Norwegian merchant Toran and attacking but failing to sink the German merchant Cläre Hugo Stinnes in August.
On 5 February 1941 she shelled and sank the Norwegian Hurtigruten cargo-passenger ship Шаблон:SS. In May of that year Sealion unsuccessfully attacked Шаблон:GS. In July she attacked French shipping, sinking the French fishing vessels Gustav Eugene and Gustav Jeanne, and on succeeding days, Christus Regnat and St Pierre d'Alcantara.
She was one of a number of submarines ordered to track the Шаблон:Ship before her eventual sinking.
Towards the end of 1941 she sank the Norwegian tanker Vesco and the Norwegian merchant Шаблон:SS.[6]
She was scuttled as an ASDIC target off the Isle of Arran on 13 March 1946.
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